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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "THOMAS ADI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thomasadi@blumail.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:50:31 -0700
Subject: RELEASE OF YOUR ATM CARD

 
PT Bank Central Asia
HR Regional Manager
Thomas  S. Adi
PT. Carrefour Indonesia.
REF: BCA/IRD/BBX/0214/011
Tel: +62 2160776587
CONTACT EMAIL:thomasadi@blumail.org
 
 
Attention: Fund Beneficiary,
 
 
 
This is to congratulate you for scaling through the hurdles of screening by the board of directors of this payment task force. Your payment file has be approved and the instruction was given us to release your payment and activate your ATM Card for use.
 
 
 
The first batch of your card which contains Two hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($260,000USD) has been activated and is the total fund loaded inside the card. Your fund which is in total sum of Nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000USD) will be coming in the first batches of ($260,000USD) insulation ATM machine all over the world.
 
 
 
Your payment would be sent to you via Courier Delivery Company to your designated country, this is the list of the deliver and confirmed receivers of their ATM Card. The out standing receivers of their ATM Card, as fellows:
 
 
RICHARD AUTRY ============== 869713119185
GARY METZGER ============== 871363130860
MARK STUBBS ==============871363116168
 
 
 
Please note that this email is to inform you that you have not yet received ATM Card, we have agreed to compensate you and deliver the ATM Card via a delivery company.
 
 
 
All the necessary arrangement has been made to deliver the ATM Card worth of ($260,000USD) to your designated address through Courier delivery Company. The only fee you have to pay is their delivery fee for the Registration SSL Security code on your ATM Card and your funds will be dispatched for delivery in less than 48 hrs.
 
 
 
This is the information that we need to delivery your Consignment fund to you, you’re to reconfirm to us a scan copy of your Identity for our reference and documentation. The following will enable us know if it tagged with the information we have in our office:
 
 
 
Full Name……………………………………
Address………………………………
Nationality………………………
Sex………………………………………………………
Age…………………………………………………………
Date of Birth…………………………
Occupation………………………………
Personal Phone no………………………………
Telephone number……………………………………
 
 
This information will enable us to prepare the necessary documents on your behalf to avoid mistake with the information we have in our Custody, which make you the owner of the ATM CARD as required from the Delivery Company for shipment.
 
 
With Regards,,
Thomas  S. Adi
Director ATM Swift Card/Foreign Operation Dept,
BANK CENTRAL ASIA, INDONESIA.

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